I have written pretty extensively about why fast fashion is bad and why I have switched to almost exclusively buying from thrift stores, but sometimes you don’t always want to be going to thrift stores and you want to support brands that are actually doing good things in the world. Ethical and sustainable clothing brands … Continue reading ethical and sustainable fashion
As I have talked about previously, I love going thrift shopping. If I was to guess I would assume that about 60% of my current wardrobe has been bought from thrift stores and that percentage is steadily growing as my wardrobe evolves and changes to fit my current lifestyle. Last week I went thrifting again … Continue reading thrifting tips and a summer haul
I challenged myself to only wear 10 items of clothing for 10 days. You can read more about my choice to do this as well as how I have been trying to minimize wardrobe in this post here. This was a daunting change as I am used to a full closet with tons of choices … Continue reading 10 x 10 challenge
103. That is the number of clothes that I own, that doesn’t even include workout gear, lounge wear, pajamas, and underwear. (I even counted my 18 pairs of shoes separately from this list). Now I don’t know about you, but that seems like a crazy amount of clothing items, especially since I only have one … Continue reading an introduction to capsule wardrobes
My next (and hopefully last) big move is coming up in just a few days. Tomorrow most of my belongings will be in a big metal box headed off and I have spent the past few days packing. Now packing is not one of my favourite things to do, but I do love getting to … Continue reading giving away sentimental items
I have made some major life and outlook changes in my life the past few months and many of these are surrounding the waste that I produce and how much of the world’s resources that I use on a daily basis. This change came from a lot of things but in many ways, it came … Continue reading making my own cotton rounds
I love going to thrift stores A LOT. There are a lot of reasons why this is and that is what I am going to be talking about today as well as some of my favourite thrift store purchases over the past few months. I grew up going to thrift stores all the time. My … Continue reading thrifting
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